Overseaming-machine.



L. ONDBRDONK.

OVERSBAMING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1906 1,109,455, Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

NITED s'rATES P T T FF LANSING ohnnindnnk, on N W YORK, N11, assre von are THE Union srnoriin MACHINE oonrnnr, or cnrcaso, ILLINOIS, A coarone'rronor ILLINOIS.

ovEnsE MrNGgMAcrrINEI Specification of Letters Patent. 9

Patented Sept. 1, 1914} Original application filed June 4, 1901, eel-m1 in). 63,078. Divided and this application filed July 12, 1906;

. p Serial No. 325,916. 1 j c i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LANSING of New Yorlgliave'invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Overseammg-Machmes, of whlch the following is a description, reference being had to the accompany-j in drawln and totheletters andfigures' b b of reference marked thereon. I

overseaming machines:

An object oftheiinvention is to provide ,amachine of the above character which may, .be used for stitching small tubular articles. 7 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a portion of the cloth plate of an overseamin-g machine, also showiiig'the projecting throat plate, or work support and the support 'for the fabric and opera-;

tors hand; Fig. 2 is a detail in perspective of myimprovedthroat plate;

This application is a division ofmyPat ent #829,349," granted August 21, 1906, and

reference may be hadthereto for a descrip tion of the general features of a machine to which thepresent improvement is applied. Referring to the drawings, my invention consists of a cloth plate 17, whi ch terminates v substantially in the line offeed, and which is provided with a throat plate 7. This throat plate is attached to the cloth plate in any suitable way and is provided with an outwardly projecting curved portion forming a projecting horn or work support over which tubular articles to be stitched may be placed. This throat plate 7 is provided with an opening 8,'which allows the passage of the looper from below the cloth plate up over the edge of the cloth plate, so that the edge of the fabric being sewed may be overseamed. This throat plate has the usual openings for the passage of the needle and the feed dogs. Said throat plate is also formed with a passage for the trimming member, which cooperates with the lower stationary trimmer blade 10, attached to the cloth plate. The throat plate is also formed with a rearwardly projecting tongue 14,,over which the stitches are laid. A guide 15 is attached to the cloth plate 17 and oper- ONDnRDoivK, a citizen of the United States, residingat New York, in the county of New York, State ates to deflect thetrimmed oft strip. The ,frontxl2 of the throat :plate is shown milled out or depressed below the level of the part j in rear of the needle, in order that the front clotlrplate and is substantially narrow and of the :feed dogs may catch the material and i feed it forward before the rear portion of the feed ,dogsicatch hold of the material, and .thus prevent puckering of thegoods; This 2 throat plate projects beyond the bodyof the rounded so as'to formfiat horn. or work support 11, overUwhicl small tubular ara flat'work support to facilitatethehan- .165 ticles, such as, cufisof shirts, may beslipped. ,i ;This permits the macliine' whichlis formed I c,

.with-qa .flat-,1cloth' plate to accomplish the l functions of Tacmachine having a cylindrical xbed 'plate, and yeta t the: same tiine,"be capa- I ble of stitching articles which arernot tubu: i lar and which it iskdesired to csupport on dling of v,the same. AttachedIto thecloth plate, andextending in a plane beneath the projecting throat plate, is a supportingplate 5. :This supporting'p'late extends from front to rear and is upwardly curved at'the rear end, while theforward free corner thereof 4 I is bent downwardly, as at 6. This plate,"be-

ing below the throat plate of the machine,

is; adapted to hold the worker ,body of, the goods, and also serves as a rest for the hand ofhthe operator. The downwardly projecting part 6 is for the purpose of preventing the catching of the goods on the corner of the plate.

It will be noted from the above descrip'-' tion that the end of the projection 11, serves as a work support for the small tubular articles, and that said work support has a rounded-off, or cut-away portion extending to a point substantially. in the rear of the feed slots. This cut-away portion, 1noperating upon tubular articles, assists materially in the manipulation of saidarticles. In order that the material may be freely fed over the projecting horn or work sup port, it is necessary that said tubular articles c be carried down at there ar'edge ofthe work support as soon as possible after leaving the feed. The feed of the machine, or the'oper ator, in pulling small tubular articles around the horn of theiwork supportfdraws the same against this rounded offedge, or cutaway portion, and the material is crowded forward along said rounded-off edge, which causes the material to pass around the horn in the shortest path possible, and thus give the greatest amount of available working slack to the material.

While I have shown the projecting horn or work support formed on the throat plate, it will be obvious that from certain aspects of the invention, this projecting horn 'may be otherwise formed, the essential feature being the relatively small projecting part which serves as a horn or work support, around which the goods may bepassed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure'by Let- 'ters Patent, is k 1. A work support having a feed slot therein, and a relatively small projecting portion, around which small tubular articles may be fed, said work support having a cut-away portion extending to the rear of said feed slot, whereby said tubular articles, bycontact with said cut-away portion are stripped from the work support after passing the feed. r

2. A work support having a feed slot, therein, a needle opening and an opening therein extending substantially at: right angles to the feed slot for the operation of an over-edge thread carrying implement, said work support. having a relatively small projecting portion, around which small tubular articles may be placed, said projeoting portion'being cut-away from a point substantiallyin the rear of the feed slot toward. the front of the machine, whereby tubular articles by contact with the cut-away portion, after being stitched, are deflected from (the line of feed, toward the front of the machine,

so that very small articles may be stitched. l

3. In a sewing machine the combination with a cloth plate, a projecting horn or work support carried thereby, and a cloth support located in a plane below the horn for supporting the body of the fabric, and the hand of the operator, while a portion of said fabric is being manipulated on the horn.

4. In a sewing machine the combination with a flat cloth plate, a projecting horn carried by the cloth plate and extending beyond the edge thereof, whereby tubular articles'may be placed over said horn, said horn having feed slots therein, and being cutaway from a point in rear of the feed slots toward the front of the machine.

5. In a sewing machine, the combination with a cloth plate, a throat plate secured to said cloth plate, and projecting therefrom, a plate extending in a plane below said throat plate, and having a downwardly turned portion at the forward end therefor.

having a body portion. adapted for attachment to the cloth plate, and a horn or projection extending beyond the body portion, said projection having openings formed therein for the feed dogs and'for the needle,

the forward-portion of-said throat plate in advance of the needles being depressed below the plane of the rear portion thereof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

LANSING ONDERDONK.

Witnesses: I

' J H. HOWELL,

C. CHURCHILL.

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' Washington, 1). CL

6. In a sewing-machine, a throat plate 

